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The Gauntlet
Summer Edition
Volume 3 Number 10
Thurs., July 21, 1977
UIC bill will
hit students
by Noeljantzie
"Anyone who can't get a job in
April is screwed."
That was Services V.P. Vic
Cowley's reaction to Tuesday's
passage of a federal bill tightening unemployment insurance
regulations.
The federal government estimates that extension of UIC
qualifying periods and a reduction in the eligibility time will
cut as many as 50,000 people
from the UIC rolls.
Since students are often un-1
able to obtain long-term employment during the summer,
the new regulations may mean a
significant reduction in the
number of students eligible for
Unemployment Insurance.
Academic V.P. Blair Redlin
was also critical of the new
restrictions.
"I'm appalled at passage of
this bill," Redlin s#id. "It seems
bizarre to cope with unemployment by attacking the unemployed."
Redlin said that federal government make-work programes
like Young Canada Works were
helping some unemployed students, but was quick to add that
there were still a number of
students looking for jobs.
Cowley said poor prospects for
summer employment may be
responsible for increased enrollment at the U of C's Spring and
Summer sessions.
Summer enrollment is up by
15- 20 per cent over last year's
figures.
The new regulations will probably see the qualifying period for
UIC in Alberta rising to 14
weeks. The qualifying period will
be somewhat less in areas of high
unemployment but Opposition
members had been critical of the
total package.
Federation of Alberta Students Executive Secretary Brian
Mason shared Opposition views
ofthe legislation.
"The bill just screws students," Mason said. "How many
students are going to get that
amount of work during the
summer?"
"It's just a callous attempt of
the federal government to put the
burden of unemployment on the
backs of the unemployed," he
added.
The Bill was passed by a
margin of 134 to 17. Ten NDP
members, five Socreds, one Independent member and one PC
voted against the measure. Thirty five PCs joined the Liberal part
in pushing the measure through.
Red Deer Dam
end for EC A
by Noeljantzie
The decision of the provincial
government to disregard the recommendations of the Environmental Conservation Authority
and go ahead with construction
of a dam on the Red Deer River
will mean the end of the ECA as
an effective governmental body,
Alberta Wilderness Association
President Ray Sloan said Wednesday.
Sloan, who is chairman of the
ECA's Environmental Education
Committee, predicted the government will turn the ECA into a
"toothless lion" because the body "does not fit into the grand
scheme of Premier Lougheed."
"The ECA has proven to be
embarassing to government^ims
and objectives," Sloan said. "I
think there will be a growing
trend to ignore the ECA."
He went on to predict that
environmental organizations
would have little faith in the ECA
if the organization takes the form
that Environment Minister Dave
Russell favours.
Sloan said the province may
see forestry hearings run by foresters, and pesticide hearings run
by the pesticide industry if Russell continues with his plans for
reorganization.
Sloan charged that at previous
departmental hearings representatives from fertilizer companies
had been treated as experts while
biologists who had spent years
studying the effects pf pesticide.s
on Alberta wildlife had been
dismissed as "environmental
kooks."
"The handwriting has been on
the wall for quite some time,"
Sloan said, "ever since the ECA
was told to keep its nose out of
the coal issue."
Sloan went on to say he expected Albertans to regard future
public hearings on environmental issues as useless because of
the Red Deer Dam. The ECA
held extensive public hearings
which came out strongly against
dam construction.
THIS LíNELV UEATHEK 3V>*T
STIMULATED MV THIfcST fOK.
KNOOUDGE-AND IT'S SO
PRETTY MID QUIET HERE IN)
SUMMER 1 GOT HOMESICK AND
CAME BACK.
/ YOU UNEMPLOYED TOO HUH?
WG.HT \
Confrontations
U of A lockout continues
by Noel Jantzie
The U of A Students' Council
is continuing its lock-out of Students' Union staff.
A motion to end the two-week
old lock-out was defeated 6-16
at a U of A Students' Council
meeting Tuesday night.
A motion to establish a committee to investigate labour relations in the Students' Union was
approved, but Council amended
the proposal so that the committee will not be formed until one
month after settlement ofthe
current labour dispute.
The motions were prompted
by several confrontations between the locked-out workers
and members ofthe Students'
Union executive last Friday.
During a noon-hour meeting
in front of the Students' Union
building last Friday, approximately 150 demonstrators called
on Students' Union President Jay
Sparks to meet with representatives of Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 1386 which
represents the locked-out workers.
When Sparks failed to put in
an appearance, the demonstrators burst into the building and
marched on the Students' Union
offices. They prevailed upon
Sparks to meet briefly with Alberta Federation of Labour Pres-
ident Harry Kostiuk who has
been assisting in negotiations.
Sparks was met with a chorus
of boos when he terminated his
discussion of the lock-out with
Kostiuk and walked away.
There were also some reports
of confrontations between members of the Students' Union executive and supporters of the
workers during an occupation of
the student pub, Room At The
Top(RATT). Union members
and friends were occupying ta
bles and refusing to order beer in
an attempt to cut Students' Union revenues from the operation.
RATT is being kept open during
the lock-out by management personnel.
The union has said it feels the
lock-out is an attempt by Students' Union management to
break CUPE 1386.
Prior to the lock-out, relations
between the Students' Union and
CUPE 1386 had been good.
Housing campaign
bringing results
by Noeljantzie
Executive members ofthe U of
C Students' Union are happy
with the response they have received on their campaign for
student housing.
Services V.P. Vic Cowley and
Academic V.P. Blair Redlin both
said that landlords in the university area of beginning to come
forward with student accomodation.
"It's really picked up," Cowley
said. "A lot of people are coming
into the office to register accomodation."
Redlin said the response was
due in part to an aggressive
campaign on the part of the
Students' Union. Student Council members have been distributing pamphlets in shopping centres in an attempt to boost registrations with the off-campus
housing registry.
Peak demands on the registry
will be. made in August when a
number of students return to find
accomodations for the winter.

The Gauntlet
Summer Edition
Volume 3 Number 10
Thurs., July 21, 1977
UIC bill will
hit students
by Noeljantzie
"Anyone who can't get a job in
April is screwed."
That was Services V.P. Vic
Cowley's reaction to Tuesday's
passage of a federal bill tightening unemployment insurance
regulations.
The federal government estimates that extension of UIC
qualifying periods and a reduction in the eligibility time will
cut as many as 50,000 people
from the UIC rolls.
Since students are often un-1
able to obtain long-term employment during the summer,
the new regulations may mean a
significant reduction in the
number of students eligible for
Unemployment Insurance.
Academic V.P. Blair Redlin
was also critical of the new
restrictions.
"I'm appalled at passage of
this bill," Redlin s#id. "It seems
bizarre to cope with unemployment by attacking the unemployed."
Redlin said that federal government make-work programes
like Young Canada Works were
helping some unemployed students, but was quick to add that
there were still a number of
students looking for jobs.
Cowley said poor prospects for
summer employment may be
responsible for increased enrollment at the U of C's Spring and
Summer sessions.
Summer enrollment is up by
15- 20 per cent over last year's
figures.
The new regulations will probably see the qualifying period for
UIC in Alberta rising to 14
weeks. The qualifying period will
be somewhat less in areas of high
unemployment but Opposition
members had been critical of the
total package.
Federation of Alberta Students Executive Secretary Brian
Mason shared Opposition views
ofthe legislation.
"The bill just screws students," Mason said. "How many
students are going to get that
amount of work during the
summer?"
"It's just a callous attempt of
the federal government to put the
burden of unemployment on the
backs of the unemployed," he
added.
The Bill was passed by a
margin of 134 to 17. Ten NDP
members, five Socreds, one Independent member and one PC
voted against the measure. Thirty five PCs joined the Liberal part
in pushing the measure through.
Red Deer Dam
end for EC A
by Noeljantzie
The decision of the provincial
government to disregard the recommendations of the Environmental Conservation Authority
and go ahead with construction
of a dam on the Red Deer River
will mean the end of the ECA as
an effective governmental body,
Alberta Wilderness Association
President Ray Sloan said Wednesday.
Sloan, who is chairman of the
ECA's Environmental Education
Committee, predicted the government will turn the ECA into a
"toothless lion" because the body "does not fit into the grand
scheme of Premier Lougheed."
"The ECA has proven to be
embarassing to government^ims
and objectives," Sloan said. "I
think there will be a growing
trend to ignore the ECA."
He went on to predict that
environmental organizations
would have little faith in the ECA
if the organization takes the form
that Environment Minister Dave
Russell favours.
Sloan said the province may
see forestry hearings run by foresters, and pesticide hearings run
by the pesticide industry if Russell continues with his plans for
reorganization.
Sloan charged that at previous
departmental hearings representatives from fertilizer companies
had been treated as experts while
biologists who had spent years
studying the effects pf pesticide.s
on Alberta wildlife had been
dismissed as "environmental
kooks."
"The handwriting has been on
the wall for quite some time,"
Sloan said, "ever since the ECA
was told to keep its nose out of
the coal issue."
Sloan went on to say he expected Albertans to regard future
public hearings on environmental issues as useless because of
the Red Deer Dam. The ECA
held extensive public hearings
which came out strongly against
dam construction.
THIS LíNELV UEATHEK 3V>*T
STIMULATED MV THIfcST fOK.
KNOOUDGE-AND IT'S SO
PRETTY MID QUIET HERE IN)
SUMMER 1 GOT HOMESICK AND
CAME BACK.
/ YOU UNEMPLOYED TOO HUH?
WG.HT \
Confrontations
U of A lockout continues
by Noel Jantzie
The U of A Students' Council
is continuing its lock-out of Students' Union staff.
A motion to end the two-week
old lock-out was defeated 6-16
at a U of A Students' Council
meeting Tuesday night.
A motion to establish a committee to investigate labour relations in the Students' Union was
approved, but Council amended
the proposal so that the committee will not be formed until one
month after settlement ofthe
current labour dispute.
The motions were prompted
by several confrontations between the locked-out workers
and members ofthe Students'
Union executive last Friday.
During a noon-hour meeting
in front of the Students' Union
building last Friday, approximately 150 demonstrators called
on Students' Union President Jay
Sparks to meet with representatives of Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 1386 which
represents the locked-out workers.
When Sparks failed to put in
an appearance, the demonstrators burst into the building and
marched on the Students' Union
offices. They prevailed upon
Sparks to meet briefly with Alberta Federation of Labour Pres-
ident Harry Kostiuk who has
been assisting in negotiations.
Sparks was met with a chorus
of boos when he terminated his
discussion of the lock-out with
Kostiuk and walked away.
There were also some reports
of confrontations between members of the Students' Union executive and supporters of the
workers during an occupation of
the student pub, Room At The
Top(RATT). Union members
and friends were occupying ta
bles and refusing to order beer in
an attempt to cut Students' Union revenues from the operation.
RATT is being kept open during
the lock-out by management personnel.
The union has said it feels the
lock-out is an attempt by Students' Union management to
break CUPE 1386.
Prior to the lock-out, relations
between the Students' Union and
CUPE 1386 had been good.
Housing campaign
bringing results
by Noeljantzie
Executive members ofthe U of
C Students' Union are happy
with the response they have received on their campaign for
student housing.
Services V.P. Vic Cowley and
Academic V.P. Blair Redlin both
said that landlords in the university area of beginning to come
forward with student accomodation.
"It's really picked up," Cowley
said. "A lot of people are coming
into the office to register accomodation."
Redlin said the response was
due in part to an aggressive
campaign on the part of the
Students' Union. Student Council members have been distributing pamphlets in shopping centres in an attempt to boost registrations with the off-campus
housing registry.
Peak demands on the registry
will be. made in August when a
number of students return to find
accomodations for the winter.